US Senator Seeks to Crush Venezuela's Petro Cryptocurrency Amid Sanctions

"We are concerned that a cryptocurrency could provide Maduro a mechanism by which to make payments to foreign lenders and bondholders in the United States, actions that would clearly thwart the intent of US imposed sanctions," the Senators wrote. The lawmakers urged the Treasury Department to ...

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